KuPS take second place in Veikkausliiga but Inter Turku still lead the way

[p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ilves-pYGmWmwa/inter-turku-QwkNUoNH/?mid=d4a2jWw0"]Ilves 1-3 Inter Turku[/a][/b][/p][p]Title contenders last season, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ilves/pYGmWmwa/"]Ilves[/a] have endured a tough beginning to this campaign with one win in eight matches, and nothing summed up their start better than when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tauriainen-julius/Kj7an4gJ/"]Julius Tauriainen[/a]'s cross to the near post was turned into his own net by goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/virtanen-otso/SCbq89h7/"]Otso Virtanen[/a][/b] just two minutes in.[/p][p]But the Tampere side were level again after 18 minutes when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/goudouss-bamba-abdoul/zBUgvqzG/"]Goudouss Bamba[/a] got in behind the defence[/b] to take down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rale-matias/MB93u8g9/"]Matias Rale[/a]'s ball forward and stab the ball home. Yet, that was as good as it got for the hosts, who conceded again 10 minutes later when a low cross was [b]batted down by Virtanen into the path of Tauriainen, who applied the simple finish.[/b][/p][p]The visitors extended their lead shortly before the hour mark after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ampofo-bismark/ANJyNoU6/"]Bismark Ampofo[/a] was brought down inside the box by Bamba, and [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tuominen-jasse/OYjTjfKh/"]Jasse Tuominen[/a] placed the resulting penalty into the top corner[/b] in style.[/p][p]It's three wins on the bounce now for FC Inter since their only loss so far, while Ilves' drop to 10th after their three-game unbeaten streak came to an end.[/p][embed guid="856566e0-b28b-4014-9d49-6fa8917d40ad" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl8U8CCxd34" social-type="youtube" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/jaro-faEPan8O/kups-nLBbqJDS/?mid=UHcAlA8C"]KuPS 3-0 Jaro[/a][/b][/p][p]A run of four games without a league win is over for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kups/nLBbqJDS/"]KuPS[/a] after they cruised to a home win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jaro/faEPan8O/"]Jaro[/a], who remain bottom of the table on goal difference after three straight losses.[/p][p]The deadlock was broken in Kuopio after 34 minutes, when a long ball forward from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/engvall-gustav/lWSV27Ob/"]Gustav Engvall[/a] was taken down brilliantly by [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/armah-bob-nii/4nbMBYMa/"]Bob Armah[/a], who cut inside the last defender before guiding it home[/b] with a cool finish.[/p][p]Armah wasn't done there - he scored an equally impressive second five minutes into the second half, as this time [b]he chested down [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heiskanen-saku/fqAmk690/"]Saku Heiskanen[/a]'s crossfield pass and curled another low strike[/b] beyond the goalkeeper.[/p][p]Four minutes from time, KuPS put the icing on the cake when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/luyeye-lutumba-joslyn/OjwoyjpA/"]Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba[/a] teed up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gasc-valentin/QeeGhG1h/"]Valentin Gasc[/a] for his first goal since October[/b]. The win takes the champions a point clear of AC Oulu, having played a game more.[/p][embed guid="e0e8a0cc-ca33-4b78-9c11-90e530744577" url="https://x.com/Veikkausliiga/status/2057155995202159054" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/finland/veikkausliiga/"]Follow the 2026 Veikkausliiga on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]